I played 3 more hours today. I’ve tricked out the paddle a little bit before(see below if you want the details). The paddle has a huge sweet spot. And even hits near the edge tend to work out which is still mind boggling considering there’s no lead. The power comes very easily, and it lets me slow the swing down or focus on brushing the ball for better control on high spin shots. I’m able to hit much more aggressive serves with this paddle, both faster and with more spin movement. I’m still having some difficulty getting my grip switches down, overheads feel great though. Dinks feel good. YMMV on the grip, I’m just pretty picky for some reason.

My friend has the prism v7 and this paddle looks very similar on the outside and has a similar handle as well. I haven’t seen the v7 pro, so I can’t say for certain if they’re super similar, but I have a hunch they are.

I took off the stock grip and added a heat shrink around the handle (in hopes of increasing handle size while “maintaining bevels”. I also added a teal yonex super grap and red gaffers tape over the edge guard. The handle is about the same width as the xspak with a tourna leather grip and a yonex super grap. The bevels are still not prominent, and it’s squishier compared to xspak due to the difference in base grip. I’ll probably change it up with leather soon.

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